National Awards winners revealed for
2016 Sony World Photography Awards
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60 winners from across the world – highlighting local photographic talent
Winning images to be shown at Somerset House, London 24 April – 10 May
Images available for publication at press.worldphoto.org
29th March: Local photographic talent has today been given a global platform by the world’s
biggest photography competition, the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
The awards, produced by the World Photography Organisation, present the winners of its
National Awards programme, designed to uncover the best single shot taken by a local
photographer across 60 countries.
Individual National Awards ran across the four corners of the world – from Argentina to
Australia, Russia to Vietnam – and the entries were taken from the ten categories of the Sony
World Photography Awards’ Open competition.
An expert panel of judges led by the World Photography Organisation has rewarded a huge
variety of work from across the 60 winners – from stunning shots of wildlife to beautiful
portraits, classic architectural images to recognisable scenes of daily life.
The full list of individual winners is below.
All the 2016 National Awards winners have received the latest digital imaging equipment from
Sony to help them continue their photographic journeys and will be exhibited as part of the
2016 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London from 22 nd April –
8 May. In addition, over half of the winners will be flown to London to attend the Sony World
Photography Awards gala ceremony to see their work exhibited and extend their photographic
networks.
Since launching in 2012, the National Awards programme has grown from eight participating
countries to sixty, making it unique in its scope and reach. Previous winners of the National
Awards have been their work published internationally and used the recognition as a door into
the photographic industry.
The Sony World Photography Awards is free to enter for all. The 2017 edition - the 10th
anniversary of the competition - will open on 1st June 2016.
For further details about specific country winners or about the awards please contact:
Jill Cotton, Senior Press Manager / Kristine Bjørge, PR Manager
[email protected] / +44 (0) 20 7886 3043
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Images from the shortlist are available to download at press.worldphoto.org
If using on social media please #SWPA and tag @WorldPhotoOrg
NATIONAL AWARDS WINNERS
Argentina - María Virginia Mosconi
Australia - Scott Portelli
Austria - Stefan Thaler
Bangladesh - MD Tanveer Rohan
Belgium - Olympe Tits
Bulgaria – Krasimir Matarov
Canada - Kathryn Mussallem
Central America - Gabriel Solis Carmona
Chile - Eduardo Minte Hess
China - Longxiang Xie
Colombia - Yessenia Mildreth Vasquez
López
Croatia - Petar Sabol
Czech Republic - Martin Rak
Denmark + Iceland - Jacob Jepsen
Ecuador - Víctor Vargas
Egypt - Hady Geneidi
Estonia - Andrei Reinol
Finland - Matti Virtanen
France - Elie Kauffmann
Germany - Daniel Fleischhacker
Greece - Tasos Anestis
Hungary - Imre Potyó
Hong Kong - Ho Wing Ka Jimmi
India – Abhijit Banerjee
Indonesia - John Hantoro Pudjoko
Ireland - Christopher Roche
Italy - Christian Massari
Japan - Kei Nomiyama
Kenya - Otieno Nyadimo
Korea - Changhun Lee
Latvia - Jānis Paļulis
Lithuania - Darius Jakubauskas
Malaysia - Khairel Anuar Che Ani
Mexico – Silvia Andrade
Myanmar - Kyaw Bo Bo Han
Netherlands - Max van Son
New Zealand – Miriam Strong
Norway - Arnfinn Johansen
Peru - José Alberto Sotomayor Jiménez
Peurto Rico - Fabiola Morales
Philippines - Manuel Jose Sungahid
Poland - Bartosz Haduch
Portugal - Adriano Neves
Romania - Cristina Venedict
Russia - Andrey Narchuk
Singapore - Kajan Madrasmail
Serbia – Đani Bardoti
Slovakia - Peter Svoboda
Slovenia - Andrej Tarfila
Spain - Pedro Diaz Molins
Sweden - Nils Olof Wendel
Switzerland - Eric Madeja
Taiwan - Wang Tai Ran
Thailand - Chaiyot Chanyam
Turkey - Burak Şenbak
Ukraine - Igor Leonidović
United Kingdom - Tino Solomon
United States - Mark Fulinara
Venezuela - Enzo Caraballo
Vietnam – Minh Thanh Ngô
NOTES TO EDITORS
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The National Awards programme launched in 2012
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230,103 images were entered in total to the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards:
127,098 Professional entries; 95,541 Open entries and 7,464 Youth entries images
173,444 images were entered to the 2015 awards
Total number of entries since the awards launched in 2007: 1,097,012
Sony World Photography Awards forthcoming announcements
 29th March – Open and Youth category winners announced
 21st April – Professional/Open/Student/Youth Photographers of the Year announced plus
Professional category winners
About World Photography Organisation
The World Photography Organisation is a home where photography is celebrated and the art of the
photographer is recognised. Working with professional, enthusiast and student photographers alike,
the World Photography Organisation provides a global platform across the photographic industry to not
only to raise the level of conversation around the subject, but to increase awareness and appreciation of
this artform. The World Photography Organisation hosts a year-round portfolio of industry and public
events including: the Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s largest photography competition
and accompanying global exhibition; the World Photography Organisation Student Focus Programme,
inspiring and working with the next generation of photographers, Photo Shanghai, Asia Pacific’s premier
art fair dedicated to photography, and Photo San Francisco, America's new international art fair for
contemporary photography. For more information please visit www.worldphoto.org
About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, imaging, game, communications, key device
and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music,
pictures, computer entertainment and online businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading
electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of
approximately $68 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. Sony Global Web Site:
http://www.sony.net/